I just read that Americans in my age group watch an average of 5:52 hours of television a day. I can barely wrap my mind around this. How do they do it? Do you come home from work, flip on the TV, and just watch until bed time? When do you eat dinner? When do you converse with your family? When do you exercise? When do you read?
All this begs the bigger question - what do you watch?
I know I'm very naive on this subject, as I am not a big fan of television. I watch two programs - "Mad Man" which is now finished for the season, and ...ok, I'm not proud of this..."Grey's Anatomy." I tape them both, and watch when I get around to it, and fast forward the commercials. That translates into viewing under two hours of TV a week, which leaves me wondering about the remaining 36 free hours a week that I have that others my age don't.
Come to think of it, what am I doing with all that time? Reading, of course. Cooking. OH YEAH! It just came to me - playing countless word games online. Damn - any brief moment of righteousness has just evaporated. My boob tube is just a lap top, and my activities are as mindless as the next guys. Never mind.
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